Assigning colors to master items

To ensure colors are used consistently for the same measures in visualizations, you can assign colors to your master items. Colors assigned to master measures persist across all instances of those master items in all visualizations. If you change the color used for the master item, the color will be updated across all instances of that master item. Optionally, master item colors can be disabled for individual visualizations.

Master measure colors are used when Single color or Multicolored are selected in the Colors and legend section of the visualization properties panel. The following visualizations support master item colors:

• Bar chart
• Combo chart
• Gauge
• KPI
• Line chart

• Pie chart

  Information note

  Pie charts do not use master item colors when Auto is selected under Colors and legend.

• Treemap

By default, if a visualization's default Auto settings use the Single or Multicolored, master item colors will be applied automatically. If they do not, you must switch to Custom and select a supported setting. Master item colors can be disabled in individual visualizations.

When assigning colors to your master items, you have the following options:

• Choose a color from the default palette
• Type a hexadecimal color code
• Choose a color using advanced color options

Assigning a color from the default color palette

Do the following:

1. In sheet view, click @Edit in the toolbar.
2. Click é to display the master items.
3. Select a master item from your library.
4. Click @.
5. Click S in the color drop-down.
6. Select one of the colors in the palette.
7. Click outside the dialog.
8. Click Save.

Assigning a color using a hexadecimal color code

Do the following:

1. In sheet view, click @Edit in the toolbar.
2. Click é to display the master items.
3. Select a master item from your library.
4. Click @.
5. Click S in the color drop-down.
6. Type a 6 character color code in the input field: #.
7. Click outside the dialog or press Enter.
8. Click Save.

Assigning a color using advanced color options

Do the following:

1. In sheet view, click @Edit in the toolbar.
2. Click é to display the master items.
3. Select a master item from your library.
4. Click @.
5. Click S in the color drop-down.

6. Click Ü at the bottom of the dialog.

   The dialog displays the advanced options.

7. Select a color in the color wheel.

   The selected color changes and the Hex color code updates accordingly.

8. Optionally, adjust the color saturation using the slider.

   The saturation changes and the Hex color code updates accordingly.

9. Click outside the dialog.
10. Click Save.

Coloring a visualization